The village elder does many good deeds.

(Baonghean) - Implementing the Campaign of All People Uniting to Build Cultural Life in Residential Areas and the Movement "Village Elders Do Many Good Deeds", Quy Chau district has seen many exemplary village elders, including village elder Vi Van Chuyen in Ban village, Chau Tien commune.

Village elder Vi Van Chuyen.

In the hot summer sun of a mid-June day, together with the front cadres of Chau Tien commune, we visited the family of Mr. Vi Van Chuyen in Ban village, Chau Tien commune. While pouring water to invite guests, he shared: He was born in 1943, and used to work in the commercial sector. In 1993, he retired in Hanh Tien village (now Ban village, Chau Tien commune). At that time, his family's circumstances were still difficult, so Mr. Chuyen and his wife and children focused on economic development to alleviate hunger and reduce poverty. In the immediate future, to ensure food for his family, he reclaimed 20 more hectares of rice fields, bringing the family's total rice fields to 40 hectares. His family's average annual rice yield reached 50 to 55 quintals/ha. When food was stable, he continued to invest in economic development according to the hill garden model, such as: planting hybrid acacia, pineapple, longan, cinnamon and other fruit trees. In addition, he also dug nearly 1000m2 to release fish and raise fish in cages on Hieu River. Each year, he harvests 500kg of fish, earning more than 15 million VND. To increase his family's income, he also raises 10 buffaloes, 2 cows and buys a threshing machine to provide rice threshing services for people in the commune and neighboring areas. On average, he earns 50kg of rice per hectare of rice. The family's average annual income is nearly 80 million VND.

In addition, he also mobilized people to participate in economic development to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty and create conditions to help disadvantaged families such as: organizing contributions of money, rice, and food for extremely disadvantaged households to build houses. For households that need to buy household items or buy breeding animals, he lends money without interest or at a low cost. The family of Mr. Lo Van Huong in Hanh Tien village, Chau Tien commune is one of four households whose dilapidated houses were removed from the support of him and his relatives. In 2001, seeing that Mr. Huong's family situation was too difficult and they could not afford to build a house, he mobilized his relatives to contribute 200,000 VND, 20 kg of rice, and 1 kg of meat or fish. For neighbors, he mobilized everyone to contribute labor days and thatch and bamboo. After nearly 1 month of construction, Mr. Huong's house was completed with a total cost of nearly 15 million VND. To help Mr. Huong's family escape poverty, he supported Mr. Huong with a pair of breeding goats, which are now in breeding season.

After more than 10 years of retirement and the same amount of time, he joined hands to develop the family economy with his wife and children. Up to now, he has a spacious house, and bought expensive amenities such as motorbikes, televisions and has the conditions to invest for his children and grandchildren to study at universities, vocational high schools... Besides, he also participates in social work, in any position he always fulfills his responsibilities and receives many noble awards from the province, district and commune. In particular, in 2009, he was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Chairman of the District People's Committee for his achievements in the economic development movement and national defense and security protection. He is one of the typical village elders of Quy Chau district elected to attend the congress of typical ethnic minorities of the province in 2014.

At the age of 70, he is still exemplary in both thinking and action. In any situation, he is a solid support for his children and grandchildren. Therefore, in his family, everyone is harmonious, his children study well. In the village, he is always trusted and respected by everyone, worthy of being a typical village elder for his children and everyone to follow.

Le Hoan

(Kuizhou Radio)